Isabel Rigol Savio giving us a crash course in Cuban architectural history from Havana's founding in 1519 to the present. Her specialty is architectural restoration and her passion is trying to preserve some of Havana's great architecture that is now slowly decaying from lack of maintenance.
Window to a beautiful art deco building now used as an apartment building and in real need of restoration. Inside the entry reminds you of the foyer to the Empire State Building, only on a much smaller scale.
Havana's famous sea wall. This is light surf. Last week's storm flooded parts of down town.
We also visited Cuba's modern art museum, a must see. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed.
Casa Fuster and neighborhood, a small area of Havana decorated with colorful ceramic tiles.
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of Dayana and Jose Carlos, two college students who spent a long time with us discussing life in Cuba and quizzing us on life in the United States. Vera and I even did a very brief East Coast Swing presentation, stretching some muscles that had not been stretched in years.
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